Affiliate leagues are coming to the tournament in Valorant Esports 2023 game mode

Riot Games has announced plans to make Valorant a “multiplayer sport in 2023 and beyond” with new Premier tiers, partner international leagues, local leagues, in-game tournaments and more.

Valorant’s new esports structure would feature four different tiers of competition in the ecosystem, inspired by “everything we’ve learned in esports over the past 10 years.”

international leagues

First, the most drastic change proposed is for Valorant esports to become international leagues, which means “New Weekly Premier Level Competition” play between selected teams that are “Long Term Partners” and “Full Investments”. Create the best experience for fans.

Riot said it will waive participation/franchise fees to reassure well-established organizations that want to apply for partnerships, and in return, it will provide financial scholarships to selected teams in exchange for their investments.

Riot’s ideal partner partners would be “individuals who have extensive experience building an esports experience, player development, and who can make a meaningful contribution to the long-term growth of Valorant esports.”

“In 2017,” Riot said in a statement, “we launched a partnership model for League of Legends esports, the League Championship Series. European, Chinese and Latin America, Korea, Brazil, Turkey and since 2017 the wider sports industry Teams have managed to win many years of planning, while players benefit from higher salaries and systems of stronger support.

“Together with Valorant, we are building the most exciting sport today with the best-run, ambitious and exciting organizations in the industry. We are launching a team application process to create this new ecosystem with esports organizations that share our vision.”

In 2023, Riot plans to introduce three such international leagues, made up of teams from multiple regions based on geographic proximity:

1. North America, Latin America and Brazil
2. Europe, Russia, Turkey and MENA (Middle East and North Africa)
3. Southeast Asia, Korea, Japan, South Asia and Oceania

These international leagues will have matches played with spectators (with health and safety clearances) in LANs and studios to determine which teams can qualify for top global tournaments such as the Masters and Champions adjacent to the Game Changers Championship .

national leagues

Just below Global Tournaments and International Leagues, you’ll find that Riot continues to invest in Game Changers and support third-party off-season tournaments and other local leagues.

Expanded regional leagues are reportedly building the VCT Challengers, which will continue to provide a higher level of organized competition from 2023 for the best players in each region.

Professionnal career

Based on the Valorant esports model, Riot said it would launch a new competitive tournament mode in-game to provide “reward beyond the Radiant Ranking for the most competitive players in the world.” leagues in their respective regions.